Ottaways's Thursday May 3rd, 2012

Departed from Celebration, FL on Apr 27, 2012 8:18pm EDT. Arrived at Orlando, FL on May 5, 2012 3:28pm EDT.

wrote a big update earlier and it seems its lost in cyba space! we have not posted or checked email til now as wifi is very expensive per minute on the ship! We are loving the Carnival Dream it is like a huge hotel complex with bars, shops, casino, pools, hot tubs, kids club, restaurants, hydroslide, basketball court, mini golf etc the list goes on. There is a daily entertainment schedule and night time shows. Disappointed that we haven't experienced the game of shuffleboard yet though! We have been trying our best at the trivia contests, would have won the weakest link if the team next to us hadn't heard our answer and used it- they gave us their medals, hows that for sportsmanship! Today however we won the Scattegories game - yay we are coming home with two 24 carat gold plastic ship on a sticks! Ports have been interesting. First stop was Cozumel in Mexico we took a taxi into down town and got hassled to enter the shops and buy! Belize yesterday we did an excursion an went zip lining and crystal cave tubing, lots of fun! Belize is run down and full of poverty with fires randomly burning because of the hot dry weather. Brooke was upset when we drove past a school that only had a swing and dirt area as the playground. Today we are at Isla Roatan, Honduras. Much more picturesque and beachy. Zac and John had an amazing excursion scuba diving! The kids are enjoying Camp Carnival and all the activities and pools and water slide. There is so much yummy food always on offer it probably won't be only our luggage that weighs twice as much on the way home! Off to Costa Maya tomorrow as the last port of call. Will try and post a few more photos . . .